Bringing home my blue wind : VW Vento TDI EDIT: Now sold!

This is a discussion on Bringing home my blue wind : VW Vento TDI EDIT: Now sold! within Test-Drives & Initial Ownership Reports, part of the Team-BHP Reviews category; Originally Posted by el lobo 6061
I would advise not to go with this. Simply 70W would be overkill. Stock ...

Recently my blue wind suffered super abuse by my colony cleaner ( swirl marks, rubbing marks, water residue) it was heart breaking! But to my rescue came ultimate detailerz! The most proficient detailers in the country. Mostly for sure of world standards.

Good to know you are really taking care of your car. Shadow Blue & Pearl Black are the two color which require extra maintenance but these car cleaner in bldg are no good. Ask fellow bhpian Nileshch for advice, he does the best for Shadow Blue.

But what catches my eye is your car is having HR99 temp number, did you drive all the way too Banglore to get it detailed by UD? HR to KA is some distance, we need a travelogue.

Thanks for it, I too follow the same procedure and I swear by BlackFire Wet Diamond All Paint Selant, as I too use it. Its the best. Washed the car with Amway shampoo so many ties with lot of dust & abuse and it still beads water like paint is coated with butter.

Good to know you are really taking care of your car. Shadow Blue & Pearl Black are the two color which require extra maintenance but these car cleaner in bldg are no good. Ask fellow bhpian Nileshch for advice, he does the best for Shadow Blue.

But what catches my eye is your car is having HR99 temp number, did you drive all the way too Banglore to get it detailed by UD? HR to KA is some distance, we need a travelogue.

Thanks for it, I too follow the same procedure and I swear by BlackFire Wet Diamond All Paint Selant, as I too use it. Its the best. Washed the car with Amway shampoo so many ties with lot of dust & abuse and it still beads water like paint is coated with butter.

thanks el lobo. No, my car will have a CH number ultimately. CH RTO takes 3 months to release the number. I live in bangalore, but had bought my car from Chandigarh (see my ownership thread). Yes, Nileshch is also a customer of UD. So following his foot steps!

Good that you realised it early. In my case, the car took abuse for about five months before I started seeing the problem in the cleaner's over-enthusiasm in scrubbing the car . Before this I have been completely ignorant of car detailing -- I never had a dark coloured car before! The damage in my case was so severe, even UD gave up on a few of the deepest swirl marks!! After that I decided to take things into my own hands and let go the cleaner.

There were many cheaper options available but I made mine to order. I wanted specific 5050 (not 3528) SMD in a 360% arrangement (RED color) with the length of the stalk matching the stock length of the filament bulb.

Advantage of 5050 over 3528s is that they are much brighter per SMD {for RED light wavelength, the 5050 has 3000-4000 MCD rating as compared to 1000-1200 MCD frm 3528s}

So for brake lights 5050 were obvious choice.

Difference in LED

LED has amazing response time when compared to filament. They switch on and off at a blistering pace.

At night they are brighter and more RED than filament. I am not sure about the day

the intensity and timing of lights now match the internal HMSL.

Just gives a more upmarket feeling

For interiors i suggest go for something duller as extra bright lights will give you a tube light effect and will also loose theater dimming effect (slow attenuation)

Personally i will avoid interior light upgrades as I love the yellow when it comes to ambient lighting. White is too in the face.

I will post the DIY instruction set for the tail lights soon. Personally the tail lights really impressed me in the king of integration followed which makes them easy to service (totally opposite the TDI headlights which are a pain to service. though petrol ventos have enough service space)

thanks el lobo. No, my car will have a CH number ultimately. CH RTO takes 3 months to release the number. I live in bangalore, but had bought my car from Chandigarh (see my ownership thread). Yes, Nileshch is also a customer of UD. So following his foot steps!

Hey newtonMeter

So you have a CH number but you'll be driving in Bangalore. Do you plan to take up KA registration? There are frequent checks here for outstation vehicles (theres a thread on that here). Or are you in Bangalore temporarily only, then you can keep driving on CH number.

And good work with the LED lamps. Looks quite good. Waiting for your DIY pictures.